Statistics for 1922 of fishing boats registered under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 : Imports and Exports of fish into and from the United Kingdom are given as follows. The imports represent fish of foreign taking or preparation, and are therefore not included in the table above giving fish of British taking landed in the United Kingdom : General summary of the mineral production of Great Britain and the Isle of Man in 1922 and 1923 : The metals obtainable from the ores produced in 1923 were:-Coppe 88 tons, value 6,1597.; iron, 3,262,563 tous, 17,862,5347.; lead, 9,499 ton. 254,3757.; silver, 34,620 oz., 4,6077.; tin, 1,021 tons, 206,7351.; zinc 746 tons, 24,528i.; total value, 18,358,9387. The The total number of persons ordinarily employed at all mines under the Coal and Metalliferous Mines Regulation Acts during 1923 was 1,236,185. The number of mines at work was 3,271. 988,842 persons (males) worked underground, and 240,987 males and 6,306 females above ground. number employed at quarries under the Quarries Act was 74,485 (excluding persons occasionally employed), of whom 46,774 (including 47 females) worked inside the quarries. and 27,711 (including 275 females) outside. The number of quarries at work was 5,431. Professor H S. Jevons estimated the resources of British coal in 1915, within 4,000 feet of the surface, at 197,000 million tons. Coal raised in the United Kingdom, and coal, coke, and patent fuel exported (the figures in the following tables, for the war period, exclude coal exported from Government stores, etc.). 52,660,000 52.416.000 92,298 000 120,319 000 46.370.0 0 77.734.000 109,047,000 78.313,000 Bunkers for ships in foreign trade 1 Tons 21,032 000 8,756.000 12.021.000 13.923.000 11,060 000 18 163 000 1 Not included in exports. Bunkers for ships in foreign and coastwise trade, and Admiralty shipments totall d 38 million tons in 1917 and 341 million tons in 1918. There was a stoppage of cal mining durin· the three months April to June, 1921. 3 Trade of Gt. Britainnd Northern Ireland with the I∙ish Free State is included from 1st April, 1923, and the direct foreign trade of that Sate is éxcluded. In the year 1923. the coal available for consumption at home is estimated to have been 168.783.000 tons some of the principal uses being Railways. for locomotive purposes, 13, 326,000 tons; gas works. 15 375,000 tons coke ovens, 15,778 000 tons; blast furnace. manufacture of pig-iron. 1,834,000 tons (plus 8.633,000 tons of coke); colliery engines, 16,850,000 tons: miners' coal, 6.474.000 tons: bunkers for ships in coasting, trade, 1.162,000 tons; electricity generating stations, 7.236,000 tons; domestic use and general manufacturing purposes, etc., 90,655,000 tons Iron ore produced in and imported into the United Kingdom : 1 Exc uding production in Ireland in 1922 and 1923, and imports into the Irish Free State after 1st April, 1923. The exports of British iron ore are insignificant. Of the ore imported in 1924, 2 588.000 tons, valued at 2,756,0007.. came from Spain. Including 'purple ore.' the net quantity of iron ore available for the furnaces of Great Britain in 1923 was 16.996,000 tons. Statistics of blast furnaces in operation Dutout of pig-iron in 1924, 7,319,000 tons, and of steel ingots and cast 8,221,000 tons. IV. WATER POWER. The available water-power resources of Great Britain are estimated to be 900,000 B. H.P, of which 200,000 B. H.P, are developed (1922). Commerce. Value of the imports and exports of merchandise (excluding bullion and specie and foreign merchandise transhipped under bond) of the United Kingdom : 1 Fron April 1, 1923, the figures relate to Great Br tain and Northern Ireland, and include the trade between that area and the Irish Free State. 2 Provisional figures. The value of goods imported is generally taken to be that at the port and time of entry, including all incidental expenses (cost, insurance, and freight) up to the landing on the quay. For goods consigned for sale, the market value in this country is required and recorded in the returns. This is ascertained from the declaration made by the importers, and is hecked by the expert knowledge available in the Customs Department, with the help of current price-lists and market reports. For exports, the value at the port of shipment (including the charges of delivering the goods on board) is taken. Imports are entered as from the country whence the goods were consigned to the United Kingdom, which may, or may not. he the country whence the goods were last shipped. Exports are credited to the country of ultimate destination as declared by the exporters. Trade according to countries (figures for 1924 relate to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, those for 1913 to the United Kingdom) : Foreign Countries: Europe and Colonies Russia Finland Esthonia Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous. £Thous. Thous. £ The production of meat in Great Britain in 1922-23 was estimated at 954,000 tons; of milk, 1,350 million gallons. The value of produce sold off the farms in 1923 excluding produce consumed in farmers' households) is estimated at 258,750,000%., namely: farm crops, 54,000,000l.; live stock, 95,000,0007.; dairy produce, 79,000,000l.; wool, 4,250,000l.; poultry and eggs, 13,500,000l.; miscellaneous crops, 13,000,000%. For the quantities of cereals and live stock imported, see under Commerce. |